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ECFR's Stockholm Council Meeting: "Europe in a world of crisis"

"Europe in a world of crisis". Both a timely and broad topic. It was also the theme for ECFR's latest council meeting, held in Stockholm (the current seat of the EU Presidency) on 10-12 May.

As well as ECFR's council and staff, Dr Zbigniew Brzezinski (former United States National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter) and Fyodor Lukyanov (Editor in Chief of Russia in Global Affairs) were in attendance as distinguished guests.

The potency and breadth of the theme lead to thought-provoking debates on a number of issues: the impact of the crisis on Europe and ECFR's work, the geopolitics of the crisis and the EU's role in a ‘new world order', the future of the climate change movement, EU enlargement (specifically the Eastern Partnership) and the effect of the crisis on human rights and democracy were all discussed by some of the most strategic minds in Europe.